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We may soon say good-bye to wines from Italy and France,since those regions are becoming too warm to grow grapes.But it won’t be the end of wine?we’ll be drinking GermanChianti and English Champagne instead.

Climatologist Gregory Jones says, “We estimate that within50 years temperatures in the region of Chianti, wheresummers are already very hot, will rise by an average of(3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). The ideal climatic conditions forproducing what we today call Chianti will be in Germany,just as those for producing Champagne or Bordeaux wines willbe found in southern England.”

But Giovanni Ricasoli of Gallo wines says, “It is true thatthe climate has changed these last years, but that hasresulted in some excellent harvests as well.”
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One scientist says that the real amount of global warming isbeing masked by air pollution, and if pollution is reduced,the Earth will heat up more quickly. Another scientistclaims acid rain is good, because it slows down globalwarming.

Researcher Meinrat Andreae says tiny particles of sulphur orcarbon in the air help to cool the planet down. Some ofthese particles come from volcanoes, but most of them comefrom the burning of fossil fuels. These aerosol particlesabsorb or scatter radiation from the sun, and create modifyclouds and thus more rain.
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Scientists have proved that psychic healing works by havinga healer from India direct healing energy towards seeds in apetri dish. The seeds that received the healer’s attentiongrew faster than those in a control group. And when healersdirected energy towards cultured brain cells, they grewfaster. The healing affected random number generators aswell.

Randall Fitzgerald writes inPhenomena Magazine that the healer focused his attention onthe seeds and “willed” them to grow faster by mentallysummoning up healing energies and aiming them towards theseeds. The seeds that received the healing energy sprouted20% faster than the control group.
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It may not seem like it to us, but research shows that moneydoesn’t buy happiness. Another ongoing controversy iswhether it?s hard on children when their mothers work.Scientists have found this is true?but only for wealthywomen!

On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means “not at all satisfiedwith my life” and 7 means “completely satisfied,” the peopleon Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 richest Americansaverage 5.8?the same as the Inuit people in Greenland andthe cattle-herding Masai of Kenya, who live in dung hutswith no electricity or running water. Calcutta’s slumdwellers score only a little lower, at 4.6.
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